Zomia is a geographical term coined in 2002 by historian Willem van Schendel of the University of Amsterdam to refer to the huge massif of mainland Southeast Asia that has historically been beyond the control of governments based in the population centers of the lowlands. The massif arose during the Alpine orogeny, when the African, Indian and Cimmerian Plates, and smaller Asian terranes, collided with that of Eurasia. The name is from Zomi, a term for highlander common to several related Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in the India-Bangladesh-Burma border area. “佐米亚”是一个地理术语，于2002年由阿姆斯特丹大学的历史学家Willem van Schendel杜撰出来，指的是历史上脱离低地政府控制的东南亚的大片山区。这片山区由阿尔卑斯造山运动形成，那时候非洲、印度、辛梅利亚大陆和小亚细亚板块与欧亚大陆相撞。这个术语从Zomi演变而来，指的是一群说藏缅语言、生活在印度、孟加拉国和缅甸边境地区的高地人。 更多：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zomia_(geography)#cite_note-1 http://site.douban.com/142741/